Out of the Markers of Babes

One of the 100 pickets created by fourth graders. 

Wishing you the greenest of summers from the Green Studio 106A.

                             

Leaf Cutter Bee Builds Brood Cell at BNS

Here is picture of BNS brood cell:

How do you know if you have leafcutter bees?

Leaf cutter bees cut these leaves to make nesting chambers.

Copyright Bob Peterson

Videos showing leafcutter bee in action

Billion Oyster Project: Kaelyn's and Eva's Citizen Scientists

Students connect the trash filled water and recent storm.

Our portion of the hoped for 1 billion oysters is quite small...around 45 of them. But they are paving the way for more. Our data will be used to determine if our site is a good one to re-establish these water filtering, reef habitat building, flood preventing species.   So we were told by John and Ella, two BOP associates.

They need eco-sausages around here to absorb the stormwater.

Ella and John explaining BOP  project.  

John opening oyster cage.  Ella was there too.

Ella !

Ella being documented documenting fish found in cage.

The fish we found was a blackfish:  (Tautoga onitis)

Counting and measuring oysters.

Looks like we didn't lose any oysters and each string gained mass.

Robert, BNS dad, and scientist helped kids measure water quality

After measuring  kids sieved the water surrounding the cage.
We found anemones, barnacles,  newly forming mussels, and amphipods.

Found evidence of oysters spawning.
Excited to be "oyster uncles." 

Link to earlier entries.

June Share Market

First grade farmers shared their harvest with families during June Share.  First the harvest.

Greens.

Radishes.

Then set up market in first grade hallway.

A happy shopper with a bag full of herbs.

Arugula.

Fennel.  

No pictures of dishes prepared with farm fresh ingredients.  Just have to imagine them.

2017 Ecorama Post Three

Mixed aged groups planning, problem-solving, and working together to pump water through a system of pipes. Amazing.

  

Repurposing corks into mini bulletin boards and pull tabs into bracelets.

Pounding plant parts to dye fabric...

and to get rid of pent up energy.

And, of course, food.

Can you spot Ralph?  Sun Oven Nachos a hit again.

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